Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-06-18

In point Of amiability, warmth OF
manner, and affectiOnate temperament
no women in the world can compare
with those of Mexico. Beside them all
other appear cold and stir, and what.
ever advantages these gentle creatures
may derive from their intercourse with
foreigners 1t Is sincerely to he hoped
they may never lose the graceful cor
diality which forms so agreeable a con
trast to American and English frigid-
ity In the eyes Of strangers this. to-
gether with their sweet voices, Is an IN.
falling charm In fact a foreigner-es-
specially if he be an American or an
Englishman, accustomed to the cold
ness Of his fair country wOmen-need
live here no longer than to ACQUIRE
some smattering of the language and
become accustomed to the peculiar
style of Mexican beauty to find these
senOritRs perfectly irresistible. And
they in turn are always fascinated bv
the tall, blonde, and active Anglo
Saxon who is so great a contrast to
their own countrymen.
But when a foreigner marries Mexi-
can woman he ought invariably to set
tie here, for it Is very rare that his
wife can live anywhere else. They miss
the beautiful climate, and pine for that
universal cordially and warmth of
manner by which they have been sur
rounded in Mexico; they yearn for the
lassies-aller and absence of all etiquet
In habits, toilets, etc. In other coun-
tries they find themselves surrounded
by women so differently educated as to
be dOubly strangers. A very few in
stances have been recorded of Mexican
girls who have been married and taken
to Europe when very young, who have
acquired European ways of thinking
and even prefer the land Of adoption to
theiF own; but these cases are so rare
as scarcely to form exceptions. They
are true patriots, for the visible horizon
bounds all their wishes. In France,
Spain, or Italy they might manage to
exist, but IN the United States or Eng
land they would be as much out OF
their natural element as fish out of
water An icy climate, not colder than
the manners Of the people, a harsh
language almost impossible to acquire,
a religion which they consider hereti-
cal, etiquet carried to excess, and in
supportable Orderin the tOlet-rebosos
unknown, cigaritOs considered barbar-
Ous-they feel like exiles from paradise
and live only in hopes of return.
If a Mexican girl is ignorant she sell
dom betrays 1t. Generally they have
the greatest tact, never by any chance
wandering beyond their depth or indi-
eating by word or sign that they are not
perfectly well informed on the subject
under discussion. Though seldom
graceful on foot they arc never awk-
ward, and always self-pOssessed. They
have plenty of natural talent, and where
AZ mas OsSn cultivated no women can
surpass them OF what is called liter
airy society Of course there is none.
There are, however, a few families of
the old school, descendants of titled
Spaniards, who are rich without osten-
tatiOn and highly educated. These Sc
lect few mingle little in general society,
being scarcely known at all to foreign
ers; and you may be sure they keep
their daughters closely at home that
they may not be contaminated by bad
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